According to The Daily Mail, director Sam Mendes (“American Beauty”) surprised the cast by bringing Finney in unannounced on a script reading. He will play a high-ranking British officer who has command over both M (Dench) and Bond.

Finney may be best known for playing the title character in the 1964 Best Picture winner “Tom Jones.” He was also nominated for his performance in John Huston’s 1984 film “Under the Volcano,” and starred in the Coen Brothers’ 1990 gangster classic “Miller’s Crossing.”

In addition to “The Bourne Ultimatum,” Finney has, in recent years, been a regular collaborator with Steven Soderbergh, appearing in “Traffic,” “Ocean’s 12,” and earning a supporting Oscar nomination for “Erin Brockovich.” He also co-starred in Sidney Lumet’s final film, 2007’s acclaimed “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead.”

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Wasn’t crazy about the last Bond film, but this has to be the best cast the series has ever assembled. I’m definitely interested.

By: Monty Jack

11.01.2011 @ 8:56 PM

They should just let Finney replace Judi Dench as M in the next one…they should have re-cast the role following the Brosnan films anyway.

By: ShadowMaker SdR

11.01.2011 @ 10:05 PM

“Finney may be best known for playing the title character in the 1964 Best Picture winner “Tom Jones”
Uh nope. He’s probably best known for playing Daddy Warbucks in Annie. He probably was better in “Tom Jones” but best known?